Following a legal challenge over its directive ousting S.I. Power Corp. (Sipcor), the Department of Energy (DOE) vows to implement the structured “three-strikes” framework for underperforming power generators to ensure future regulatory sanctions stand up in court. Energy Secretary Sharon Garin...
Although flood control projects have been "demonized", such projects must still exist in the proposed P7.2-trillion 2027 national budget, if only to protect vulnerable communities. Thus, said Deputy Speaker Iloilo 1st district Rep. Janette Garin ahead of Malacañang 's expected submission of...
House prosecutor Bicol Saro Party-list Rep. Terry Ridon has slammed Baguio City Mayor Benjamin Magalong for spreading "lies and fake news" that ultimately "serve the interest" of impeachment trial respondent Vice President Sara Duterte. Ridon, in a statement Monday, Aug. 10, said these lies were...
House Deputy Speakers La Union 1st district Rep. Paolo Ortega V and Iloilo 1st district Rep. Janette Garin defended Congress on Monday, Aug. 10 from criticisms that it was prioritizing Vice President Sara Duterte 's impeachment trial over response to problems caused by heavy rains and floods....
The country’s power supply mess is getting uglier by the day, particularly in the Visayas. Perhaps President Marcos’ “mahiya naman kayo” verbal fireworks now need to be directed squarely at Department of Energy (DOE) officials. While millions of distressed Filipinos endure tight supply and...
ILOILO CITY – The Department of Energy (DOE) is finalizing an energy plan for Panay Island to avert major supply risk by 2029. Ilongga DOE Secretary Sharon Garin has directed its Electric Power Industry Management Bureau (EPIMB) to craft the Panay Energy Master Plan, which will be a blueprint to...
Ranking congressmen believe that President Marcos ' proposed tax reform package presents an opportunity to remove long-standing barriers that prevent inherited properties from being put to productive use. House Committee on Ways and Means Chairman Marikina City 2nd district Rep Miro Quimbo...
Deputy Speaker Iloilo 1st district Rep. Janette Garin has admitted to feeling "hurt" over the predicament being faced by former House Speaker Leyte 1st district Rep. Martin Romualdez and other solons linked to the flood control projects mess. Garin, speaking in a press conference Tuesday afternoon,...
Iloilo 1st district Rep. Janette Garin says the Senate might find as "insulting" the request of Vice President Sara Duterte 's camp for the upper chamber to shoulder the catering cost of her impeachment trial defense team. In particular, the House deputy speaker took issue with the reported...
House Deputy Speaker Iloilo 1st district Rep. Janette Garin said that if anybody in the Senate impeachment court has to be bias-free or neutral, it 's the senator-judges. Garin gave this general reminder to the public following Vice President Sara Duterte 's impeachment trial Wednesday,...
ILOILO CITY – The Department of Energy (DOE) is set to build a 200-megawatt (MW) solar battery system in the Visayas as part of its response mechanism to the low supply on the grid. DOE Secretary Sharon Garin announced that the islands of Panay, Negros, Cebu, and Bohol will each receive a 50-MW...
ILOILO CITY — Mayor Richard Garin of Miag-ao, Iloilo has not seen the complaint filed before the Office of the Ombudsman-Visayas for alleged illegal quarrying. “I have not seen the complaint, so indi pa kita maka comment. Let’s just wait,” said Garin on Monday, July 13. Last week, Salvador...
